Anterior knee pain and thigh muscle strength after intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures: A report of 40 consecutive cases

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-23

  Väistö, Olli ^a   Toivanen, Jarmo ^a,b   Kannus, Pekka ^a,c   Järvinen, Markku ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Intramedullary nailing; Thigh muscle strength; Tibial fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; THIGH; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TORQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0346656720     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200401000-00004     Document Type: Article

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